The Yankees knew back in October that they would begin the 2019 campaign without Didi Gregorius, as the shortstop recovered from Tommy John surgery on his throwing elbow. They didn’t know, however, that they would also lose Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Hicks, Gary Sanchez, and Miguel Andujar to injuries before the season was a month old.
Despite missing two-thirds of the starting lineup — and their biggest run producers — for a substantial chunk of April, the Yankees ended the month holding one of the American League’s Wild Card berths.